Prairie View A&M University Endowed Professor of Fine Arts Danny R. Kelley ’65, D.M.A., started playing the piano at, believe it or not, age 2 and has not since stopped. Without any formal training, the young Dr. Kelley would play tunes he heard on the radio on the piano, which his parents bought for his [...]
Prairie View A&M University Professor Ali Fares, Ph.D., had a busy childhood growing up in a small village in Tunisia just ten miles from the Mediterranean coast. Between looking after the family’s cows and lambs, irrigating their crops, and helping out at his father’s convenience store, there was no time for playing. However, the [...]
Prairie View A&M University Texas Instruments Endowed Professor John Attia, Ph.D., has taught for 43 years. Relatively new to the role of an endowed professorship at PVAMU, the professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering has been an educator since 1980 and has no plans to stop. [...]
On June 22, Prairie View A&M University officially opened its new $70 million Engineering Classroom and Research Building. In its 75th year, ENCARB is the sixth building to be added to the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering complex. Those featured in Thursday’s program included: Pamela H. Obiomon ’93, dean of the College; Charles [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas - The U.S. Department of Transportation notified the Texas Congressional Delegation that Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) was selected to lead a historic national-tier University Transportation Center (UTC). Joined by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), and Texas A&M University, PVAMU will lead the National Center [...]
Faculty, staff and students of Prairie View A&M University have been history-makers since the university’s humble beginnings in 1876. As the nation commemorates African American History Month this February, PVAMU will host various events and exhibits following the theme of “African American Artists, Musicians, and/or Writers: Stimulating, Agitating and Perpetuating Social Justice.” Here’s [...]
Commencement speaker Ruth Simmons cautioned University of Michigan winter 2021 graduates against being quick to shed the high expectations and standards set for them as students.
Today, as we honor our veterans and reflect on their contributions to this great nation, we are immensely grateful for their service, dedication, and valor. Their bold step forward to answer the call to serve and defend our nation and unselfishly place their lives on the line for the freedoms of all Americans is truly [...]
After George Floyd’s murder, Ruth J. Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University in Texas, made a commitment to students to advance their understanding of discrimination in the United States. That pledge included the creation of a Center for Race and Justice – which opened in March – and a new post for an activist-in-residence, [...]